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atomicbritt's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, and Racism
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Addiction
Minor: Abortion and Infidelity
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Racism, Alcoholism, Cancer, Grief, Medical content, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Drug abuse and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion and Car accident
daniellekat's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Body shaming
Minor: Addiction, Infidelity, Abortion, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Hate crime
kingsamong's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, and Medical content
Minor: Infidelity and Mental illness
mlovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
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Finally finished this in audiobook format. What a beautiful book.
Graphic: Death of parent and Terminal illness
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Abortion
sammyb's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death
Moderate: Car accident and Abortion
Minor: Infidelity
weaverca's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion, Infidelity, Addiction, and Drug abuse
robyn_elouise's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent and Cancer
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Car accident, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Grief, and Infidelity
rieviolet's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the way food was a focal point throughout the narration, how its connection with one's cultural heritage was so strongly and beautifully illustrated. It really prompted me to reflect on the food I've grown up with and its significance for my own selfhood.
The linguist in me also really appreciated the lovely reflections on language and on a mother tongue.
The writing style was just *chef's kiss*. There were so many passages that I kept re-reading thinking to myself "How could she manage to capture this feeling with such poignant words and turn of phrases?", I was just floored.
My mother had struggled to understand me just as I struggled to understand her. Thrown as we were on opposite sides of a fault line - generational, cultural, linguistic - we wandered lost without a reference point, each of us unintelligible to the other's expectations, until these past few years when we had just begun to unlock the mystery, carve the psychic space to accommodate each other, appreciate the differences between us, linger in our refracted commonalities. Then, what would have been the most fruitful years of understanding were cut violently short, and I was left alone to decipher the secrets of inheritance without its key.
Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Medical content, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Excrement, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, and Vomit
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Addiction, Abortion, and Rape
sageysage's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Chronic illness
Minor: Infidelity and Eating disorder